19750117000969A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Eureka, CA · January 17, 1975

Date
January 17, 1975
Place
Eureka, CA
Airport
Murray
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6973W
NTSB investigation
NTSBOAK75AP031
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
51 total15 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Steep turn from close in downwind leg. Plt had 1 hr dual in type acft.

As the FAA filed it

STEEP TURN FROM CLOSE IN DOWNWIND LEG.PLT HAD 1 HR DUAL IN TYPE ACFT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.